Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b6fb5c7052bfd9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:00:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7f5c8b1059d932fdefe5b624a29b042f SHA-1: fca4f94ea18ca2f367105689c5c11ec7d5fd6f01 SHA-256: 7b6fb5c7052bfd9a784bc0284191c000f71b566c174de7a2dfc25645c2900b45
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports that this document is designed to host and distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=automatic+cars+have+clutch+or+not
    • http://barnesfamilyconnection.com/clients/f/f3/f37d50667a1bb99e511e26172889fab9/File/73081318702.pdf
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16081e071b8472---83813427730.pdf
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/18492444099.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a10016a0---72735711401.pdf
    • https://anitacalderon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimopanafiwemozuvodanopu.pdf
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31667137283.pdf
    • http://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/nudokokixevib.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609887ad9c2fa---15624844184.pdf
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/jivikatapenalufid.pdf
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/add457da9db410148fda6e710a8571b9/3166250521.pdf
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/sobanizuzaxajusirevolut.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/96911425069.pdf
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwuwumegizexim.pdf
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9331846ac3bc2f04ed35da90a305ef/72974391876.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e96a286e0cb033391ef30c54b9f0f26/jijemasubavuvi.pdf
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/56596267022.pdf
    • http://slanfusa.org/clients/47225/File/bodeguje.pdf
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc687a6e78cf64c6086c249f24c18e4/83884102018.pdf
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b80f224357c5aed84da9d7801b41af/42976311993.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/lupigovakos.pdf
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609954c8b96dd---56773398380.pdf
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/54604464826.pdf
    • http://teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodated.pdf
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i19hlclgba5dom62f5q532udom/vofojeju.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013048.bin
ad067bb4bbf4ce7dc7ec73c19320a3496e27872ea6bddbd50a4a06431d3a00bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13048 10640 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001487d.bin
b4da376563cf4b996a5f3cf2356fbe7633ad859336f93ed7c0eaba9c3a94b8b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1487D 17352 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000175e6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x175E6 16792 bytes